It said that people were not so worried about making sure their tax return was exactly correct. Now they are, so you need to hire better tax lawyers than you did before.

I take exception to your characterization of "fudging numbers". We all fudge the numbers of our tax returns, even when filing in the US. How many people really do anything but use TurboTax and hope for the best? I know I do. I can't possibly know everything about US tax law. I hope TurboTax does, but I have no guarantee, and it's my ass on the line if it screws up. I see no difference between that and the expats mentioned in the article, except the help they have to buy in is far more expensive.